> Any advice?
> I thus far can drive quite constant laps around 1:40 (well, I'll
> be better, you proffs... :) with both Lotus in nearly default
> settings (just lowered height) and Cooper ("Coventry") with Alison's
> great settings. (Thank you, Alison!) My best thus far (this evening!)
> is 1:35.22 with Lotus.
> My way in the "Curva Grande" is quite good already, I've started
> to enjoy it(!), the two "Lesmos" are getting better. But I am always
> in a kind of panic, when I am arriving to the "Parabolica"...
> Especially if I've managed all the other sections well... I start
> my braking in the "dark surface area", probably too early? And I
> pump the brake to be sure I can still be slow enough to pass...
> How could I better my driving in this horrible turn?
> Arto
My brake marker is the big blue ford sign on the right, just as it starts
to go by I nail the brakes as hard as I can without locking up, usually
requires letting off slightly as the chassis settles, downshift no too
soon or it causes a spin. If I did it right this will put me in third
gear at the turn in, gently on the edge of traction now, if I got in a
little hot I would maybe drift wide and easing up on the steering so as
not to spin, then gently back on the throttle through the apex and then
giving it as much throttle as the tires will allow with a slight
oversteer, shifting early on exit so as not to spin.
hmmm a lot of not to spin in there. fwiw you should be going through
curva grande almost flat out only losing a few hundred rpm, for me that
corner is key to a sub 1:30 lap.